Who peeked at Feng Widow bathing again and again?

Suddenly, a shout came from outside: "Li Lao Er, you shameless bastard, get out here!"

Second Uncle turned around abruptly, looking a bit surprised.

Lin Xiaosu was also a little surprised…

The person who arrived was Widow Feng's son. Lin Xiaosu had forgotten his real name, but everyone called him San Lengzi. His defining characteristic was his bluntness. What does bluntness mean? If words failed, he'd resort to a stick. If he could fight, he wouldn't waste time talking…

Second Uncle was, after all, a Taoist priest. The elders in the village respected him greatly. To call him shameless and act like a "master" in front of him was something unheard of.

Second Uncle's face darkened: "What kind of nonsense are you spouting, kid?"

San Lengzi shouted, "Me spouting nonsense? Am I more nonsensical than you? You scoundrel, you peeked at my mom showering again last night, don't you have any shame? I'm going to break your legs today!"

"You're spouting crap!" Second Uncle finally couldn't hold back and started cursing.

"You used to watch my mom shower, and last night when you came back to the village, you watched my mom shower again. You shameless old man, over fifty and you're still up to no good…" San Lengzi raised his stick and lunged onto the platform, swinging at Second Uncle.

Second Uncle's face turned green, then white, his expression agitated…

Just as the stick was about to fall, Lin Xiaosu stepped forward and grabbed the end of the stick: "San Lengzi, you're being foolish again!"

"Stay out of this! I have to stand up for my mom today! Let go, or I'll beat you too!"

"You dare!" a voice came from behind the willow tree!

With a whoosh, a beautiful woman appeared. Clang!

With one kick, San Lengzi flew backward, nearly tumbling off the cliff.

Hu Ya appeared, standing with her hands on her hips in front of San Lengzi: "You can act foolish in front of others, I don't care. But you dare to hit my dad?"

San Lengzi's imposing aura vanished instantly. He sat on the ground, his face pale: "You… your dad… your dad isn't doing anything proper…"

His voice had weakened considerably, and his gaze flickered.

"My dad went down the mountain last night to treat my mom. How could he have gone to watch your mom shower?"

"Before… he used to watch. Last night he just happened to come down the mountain… if it wasn't him, then who?"

"I don't know about before, but he definitely didn't watch last night!" Hu Ya said sternly. "If you spout any more nonsense, I'll throw you straight down there!"

San Lengzi was terrified.

He quickly got up, turned his backside, and bolted. On the mountain path, he turned back and shouted: "Li Diandian, you're tough, I can't beat you. But your dad won't get away with it. I'm going down the mountain now, I'll go door-to-door and tell everyone that Li Lao Er is a scumbag…"

"You're asking for a beating!" Hu Ya leaped up and gave chase!

"Don't chase on the mountain path, you guys are really…" Lin Xiaosu also chased after them.

Behind them, at Willow Forest Temple, Second Uncle slapped his forehead, his face full of distress.

It wouldn't have been difficult for Hu Ya to catch up to San Lengzi, but the problem was that Lin Xiaosu was also chasing. Seeing him running precariously on the mountain path, Hu Ya had to stop and wait for him.

By the time they reached the village, it was already in an uproar.

As soon as San Lengzi came down the mountain, he started shouting at the top of his lungs: "Li Lao Er from Willow Forest Temple is up to no good, he watched my mom shower last night…"

In an instant, the small mountain village was in chaos.

Widow Feng was furious, wishing she could grab her hoe and knock some sense into her good-for-nothing son.

Second Aunt also got anxious. She got out of bed and rushed outside the courtyard, her clothes disheveled: "San Leng, you scoundrel, my Lao Er hasn't left the mountain since he came down last night…"

The surrounding villagers, having found some morning entertainment, were all laughing uncontrollably.

Even the village's foreign bride, Anna, was curious. She asked her husband, Lin Ji'an, in her very broken Chinese: "Husband, do you have a custom here of peeping at widows bathing?"

Lin Ji'an was speechless: "Ahem… you're not allowed to bathe in the river from now on."

"Why? The river water isn't cold, we even bathe in ice rivers… Besides, I'm not a widow, and you're still here, aren't you?"

"It's not about the cold, and it's definitely not about being a widow…" Lin Ji'an was desperately scratching his head.

This was a cultural difference. She was from the northern Heilan Kingdom, where it wasn't a big deal for a woman's body to be seen by men. During a special festival, they could even perform naked on stage quite openly.

When Lin Xiaosu and Hu Ya returned to the village, this mess had already exploded.

Lin Xiaosu's first thought was that San Lengzi was truly blunt, capable of the foolish act of "killing ten thousand enemies and losing eleven thousand of his own."

Hu Ya gritted her teeth, determined to beat San Lengzi until he pooped himself!

But Lin Xiaosu stopped her: "Now, I think we really need to find the person who peeked at Widow Feng showering. Otherwise, your dad's reputation will be truly ruined."

"That person must have run off long ago, how can we find them?" Hu Ya frowned.

"Even if they ran, there would be traces!" Lin Xiaosu said.

"That's true. Widow Feng's bathing place was in the back room. The only place to peek from would be the ditch behind it. Let's follow the footprints to see where he went. I absolutely don't believe my dad had the leisure to do this last night…"

"I believe him too. Not only did he not have the leisure, but he probably didn't have the time either."

Lin Xiaosu inwardly agreed. Her dad had gone down the mountain last night to "give her mom an injection." He gave one injection when he descended, and another at midnight. Widow Feng's bathing must have been between the two injections, so Second Uncle shouldn't have had time for such things.

"Let's go! Investigate! If we prove it wasn't my dad, just you wait, I'll rip that stinky mouth of his apart…"

Widow Feng's house was at the east end of the village, near the mountain.

When Lin Xiaosu and Hu Ya reached behind her courtyard wall, Widow Feng was clearly still there. But as soon as she saw them, she immediately picked up her hoe, slung it over her shoulder, and went out the door. Her expression was grim. It was unclear whether she was carrying the hoe to work in the fields or to beat her unruly son.

From behind, her figure was indeed quite good. This was probably the fundamental reason why the "Widow Feng bathing" meme had endured in the small mountain village.

As Lin Xiaosu and Hu Ya arrived at the ditch behind her house, they heard San Lengzi's booming voice: "Mom, you don't need to look for that old pervert, I've already looked for him... Ah, Mom, why are you hitting me? You're so angry you're dizzy..."

Amidst the shouting and commotion, villagers gathered. Widow Feng was so angry she almost jumped into the pond...

Further down the ditch, Lin Xiaosu had already seen last night's scene by tracing back through time.

"There are footprints! Look!" Hu Ya pointed to a clear footprint on the ground.

It was very dark and damp back here, and the traces of someone walking were very obvious.

Others might not be able to distinguish them, but who was Hu Ya?

She was someone who could chase wild boars in the jungle until there was no escape, her eyesight was naturally sharp – honed in the jungle.

"What are you doing?" San Lengzi strode over, and upon seeing Hu Ya, his anger flared again.

"We're investigating the case, to see who was peeping at your mom bathing last night," Lin Xiaosu said.

"Investigating what? It's Li Lao Er, he has a record, and..." His voice abruptly stopped because Hu Ya appeared before him, her teeth grinding.

"Hu Ya, don't disturb the scene!"

Hu Ya grabbed San Lengzi's shoulder and stared at him coldly, "Can you shut your damn mouth?"

San Lengzi's face turned pale: "...Yes!"

Lin Xiaosu smiled, his gaze shifted to the windowsill. He reached his hand through the window, lifted the curtain inside, and saw a bathroom. This was clearly where Widow Feng bathed.

He let go, the curtain fell back into place, and he turned to stare at the hillside above.

Climbing up the hillside, there were traces of people walking. As they followed, San Lengzi's eyes widened: "How did you know this path? Were you the one watching my mom bathe yesterday?"

Hu Ya was furious: "Nonsense! He slept at Willow Forest Temple last night, watching with binoculars?"

Lin Xiaosu found it both amusing and exasperating. He ignored them, quickly passing through the jungle ahead, and arrived at the entrance of a house.

This house was below the hillside, it belonged to Lin Fugui of the village.

Lin Fugui's only value in this world was perhaps to prove that one's name had nothing to do with the person.

His name was Lin Fugui, but he was the poorest in the village.

Others lived in brick houses, even Widow Feng lived in a brick house, but he still lived in the old house left by his deceased parents.

Nowadays, as long as one had hands and feet, they could add something to their home. Only he used his feet for wandering, his hands for stealing chickens and dogs, oh, and his hands were also used for reaching out to those above.

The country's policies were good, and poverty alleviation left no one behind. Although everyone was extremely dissatisfied with his behavior, they couldn't deny that he was truly poor. Therefore, he was included in the poverty alleviation households, receiving basic living expenses every year, and people would occasionally send him oil and rice. He had become the ceiling of the "lying flat" community...

"It's him?" Hu Ya said.

"Judging by the footprints, it's him!"

San Lengzi rushed forward several steps, kicked open the loosely closed door. Inside, a man in his forties was cooking meat. He was holding a piece of cured meat, testing if it was cooked.

The three of them burst in at the same time, and the cured meat almost fell from his hand.

This person was Lin Fugui.

Lin Fugui was startled: "I only took a piece of meat from your house, and you're tearing down my door panel first thing in the morning? Is it worth it?"

"I don't care about you stealing meat, tell me, were you the one peeping at my mom bathing?" San Lengzi's voice pierced the roof, truly embodying what it meant to be aggressive.

A large group of villagers outside looked at each other.

"When I was taking the meat, I heard movement inside, so I lifted the curtain to see if anyone was there. Who knew your mom was bathing inside?"

"So it was you, you pervert!" San Lengzi was furious.

Lin Fugui was also angry: "Pervert? Pervert your ass! If I wanted to watch a woman bathe, wouldn't I go to the river to watch Anna bathe? Aren't her breasts and waist better than your mom's? Your mom is over fifty, you're insulting my taste..."

Boom!

San Lengzi threw a punch, the pot overturned, and Lin Fugui let out a long scream...

The villagers rushed over, pulling and tugging, creating quite a scene...

Outside, Anna tiptoed, very excited: "Husband, they're fighting..."

Lin Ji'an gritted his teeth: "Let San Lengzi beat him up first. If he doesn't kill him, I'll add another beating..."

Lin Xiaosu and Hu Ya retreated from the room and fled in a flash.

They stopped outside Lin Xiaosu's courtyard wall, and both of them laughed.

"Hey, I didn't expect your tracking skills to be so good. How about we cooperate in the future? We'll go up the mountain together, you track the wild boar, and I'll kill it. We'll split the meat equally." Hu Ya discovered a business opportunity.

She was a mountain girl and was always skilled at tracking by following traces. However, today she suddenly realized that her skills were nothing compared to Lin Xiaosu's. Lin Xiaosu was much better at observing traces than she was. If it were her, she would never have been able to cross a hillside and accurately find the peeping person from last night. No, essentially, it wasn't peeping, it was just stealing cured meat...

"Kill it? How?" Lin Xiaosu glanced at her. "If you're still going to poke people's butts with a stick, I absolutely won't cooperate with you..."

A phone ringtone suddenly came from Hu Ya's pocket: "If there's anyone hateful in this world, it's the stupid ones who lack romance..."

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